Detachable button



sept. 2, 1930. vo'jDlSTIQERET AL 1,774,639

DETACHABLE BUTTON Filed sept. 25,v l1929 Patented Sept. 2, 1930 UNITED STATES OTTO DISTLER AND EUGENE KLEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DETACHABLE BUTTON Application led September 25, 1929. Serial No. 394,992.

The main object of this invention is to provide a button comprising two parts which are adapted to be releasably interlocked upon a garment in a novel manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a button comprising two members,-one

of which is provided with a stud While the other is equipped with a disk having an eccentric opening therein which, when rotated, is adapted to enter into abutting position with the shoulder of the stud to releasably lock this stud to the opposite button member.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below in which characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawing.

Referring briefly to the drawing, Figure l is a longitudinal, sectional, elevational View through the detachable button showing the locking disk in released position.

Figure 2 is a sectional plan View, taken on line 2-2, of Figure 1 showing the disk in released position.

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2 showing the locking disk in an engaged poistion with the stud.

Figure 4 is a View similar to Figure 1 showing the locking disk in an engaged position with the stud.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the nu meral 10 indicates an annular head which is worn on the outer surface of the garment.

This head has a stud l1 projecting annularly l therefrom. Said stud, at its upper extremity7 is provided with a spheroid head 12 beneath which an annular channel 13 is formed to provide shoulders, said surfaces bounding the channel. A cooperating member engages the stud and .locks these two members to each other with a space in between adapted to re-V ceive the fabric of the garment or article of apparel. The cooperating member comprises a second head 14 shaped similarly to the head 10 and, on its Hat face, is provided with a marginal ridge 15 serving as a protective element for the head 12 of the stud. The marginal edge 16 of an annular disk 17 is embedded in a similarly shaped recess in the secondary head 14. This disk is adapted to be revoluble in this recess and retained in any desiredv position in a frictional manner through the medium of a roughened surface of the disk coming in contact with the roughened surface of the head in the recess. A circular opening 18, eccentrically located on the disk, receives the upper extremity of the stud.

In use, the head 10 is adapted to be first attached to the garment or article of apparel by causing the spherical head 12 of the stud 11 to pierce the fabric of the garment. co As the stud pierces the garment and projects from the other side thereof, the secondary head 14 is affixed to the stud 11.` In order to accomplish this, the opening 18 in the disk 17 must be in the position shown in Figure 2 in which the entire cross-section of the stud 11 is encompassed Within the confine of the disk opening 18 as indicated in the stated figure. As the surfacesof` the disk 17 are roughened, the same may be readily rotated from the po sition shown in Figure 2 when the channel 13 is aligned with the disk as indicated in Fig ures 1 and 4 to the position shown in Figure 3 in Which the material bounding the portion of the opening 18 projects into the channel 13 and, in this manner, releasably secures the secondary head to the head 10 in a secure manner.

It is to be noted that certain changes in form and construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Te claim 1. A detachable button comprising a head, a stud projecting from said head, a secondary head having an opening therein receiving said stud, said stud having a channel there in, and means rotatable in said secondary head for securing said secondary head in said channel.

2. A detachable button comprising a head, a stud projecting from said head, a secondary head having an opening therein receiving said stud, said stud having a channel therein, a disk rotatably embedded in said secondary head, said disk being positioned eccentrically with respect to the location of the ,stud in said secondary head, and means in said disk for causing said disk to engage in said channel of said stud when said disk is rotated to a locking position.

3. A detachable button, comprising a head, a stud projecting from said head, a secondary head having` an opening therein receiving said stud, said stud having a channel therein, a disk rotatably embedded in said secondary head, said disk being positioned eccentrically with respect to the location of the stud in said secondary head, said disk havingan opening therein, the opening in said disk being adapted in a one hundred and eighty degree rotation of said disk to pass from the released to the engaging position in said channel of said stnd.

4. fr detachable button,y comprising` a head, a stud projecting from said head, a secondary head having an opening therein receiving said stud, said stud having a channel therein, a disk rotatabl;Y embedded in said secondary head, said disk being' positioned eccentrically with respect to the location of the stud in said secondary head, said disk having an openingr therein, the opening' in said disk being adapted in a one hundred and eighty degree rotation of said disk to pass from the released to the engaging; position in said channel of said stud, said opening' being formed eccentrically in said disk in order to shift a portion. of said disk boundingsaid opening into said channel when said disk is rotated 1800.

In testimony whereof ive alii); our signatures.

GTTO DISTLER. EUGENE KLEIN. 

